London Bridge is located between City of London and Southwark, and between the bridges and Cannon Street Railway Bridge Towers
In the southern part of the bridge is Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station and in the north is Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.
built, from the hand of the Romans, the first bridge in the year 46 AD, which was made of wood.
The south side of the bridge was used to make it the heads of traitors, impaled and which were covered with tar
Then the old bridge was replaced by a design of five stone arches, designed by John Rennie
The current London Bridge was built by John Mowlem between 1967 and 1972, and Queen Elizabeth II opened in March 1973
It has 283m long and is built on the same site as the Rennie bridge, which was demolished piece by piece while the new bridge was built, so it remained in use during the reconstruction process.
Tower Bridge symbol of the city:
crosses the River Thames and is located near the Tower of London (which gives it its name)
It was during a time of the largest bascule bridge was built
This bridge, located on Bridge Street is a Victorian style, and this is one of the most visited places in London
could not be built because the traditional fixed bridge to cut off access to port-at that time stood at the Pool of London, between London Bridge and the Tower of London, "it is for this reason that it was a drawbridge.
The bridge has a domestic tour, where he explains the history of its peculiar construction, which many years was considered the symbol of British development. Moreover,
the former mechanism appeared in movies, in films like "The Mummy" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
the Millennium Bridge:
bridges are located between Southwark and Blackfriars. It was the first who crossed the Thames from the construction of the Tower Bridge (1894).
Its originality lies in its being the first suspension bridge pylons do not need to be sustained input, passes through the Thames without vertical supports, as if suspended in air, and held only eight horizontal cables that support its structure from the river banks.
Construction began in late 1998, but the major work began in April 1999. Its opening was held in June 2000
Vauxhall Bridge
The steel arch, which is empowered to pass by road, which also crosses the River Thames. At first it was designed by James Walker and opened in 1816 as a toll bridge, but the current bridge was designed by Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice. He finished doing in 1906 and was the first bridge for trams across the Thames. Is realized with five steel arches mounted on granite piers, and good striking feature is a series of bronze female figures on the pillars, in celebration of the arts and sciences
London Bridge :
London Bridge is located between City of London and Southwark, and between the bridges and Cannon Street Railway Bridge Towers
In the southern part of the bridge is Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station and in the north is Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.
built, from the hand of the Romans, the first bridge in the year 46 AD, which was made of wood.
The south side of the bridge was used to make it the heads of traitors, impaled and which were covered with tar
Then the old bridge was replaced by a design of five stone arches, designed by John Rennie
The current London Bridge was built by John Mowlem between 1967 and 1972, and Queen Elizabeth II opened in March 1973
It has 283m long and is built on the same site as the Rennie bridge, which was demolished piece by piece while the new bridge was built, so it remained in use during the reconstruction process.
Tower Bridge symbol of the city:
crosses the River Thames and is located near the Tower of London (which gives it its name)
It was during a time of the largest bascule bridge was built
This bridge, located on Bridge Street is a Victorian style, and this is one of the most visited places in London
could not be built because the traditional fixed bridge to cut off access to port-at that time stood at the Pool of London, between London Bridge and the Tower of London, "it is for this reason that it was a drawbridge.
The bridge has a domestic tour, where he explains the history of its peculiar construction, which many years was considered the symbol of British development. Moreover,
the former mechanism appeared in movies, in films like "The Mummy" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
the Millennium Bridge:
bridges are located between Southwark and Blackfriars. It was the first who crossed the Thames from the construction of the Tower Bridge (1894).
Its originality lies in its being the first suspension bridge pylons do not need to be sustained input, passes through the Thames without vertical supports, as if suspended in air, and held only eight horizontal cables that support its structure from the river banks.
Construction began in late 1998, but the major work began in April 1999. Its opening was held in June 2000
Vauxhall Bridge
The steel arch, which is empowered to pass by road, which also crosses the River Thames. At first it was designed by James Walker and opened in 1816 as a toll bridge, but the current bridge was designed by Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice. He finished doing in 1906 and was the first bridge for trams across the Thames. Is realized with five steel arches mounted on granite piers, and good striking feature is a series of bronze female figures on the pillars, in celebration of the arts and sciences